To the locomotive of Freedom

At first, I wanted to make a music about a runaway train. It would have been a very fast paced theme. But then I pictured a game where you control a runaway prisonner who's awakening in the last wagon of a train. After breaking your chains, you realise it's leading you through snowy places to an infamous jail. The only way to escape would be to reach the locomotive and stop it, but to get there you will encounter several guards and ennemy.

The music, starting slowly, is building up as the player progress through the various wagon to the locomotive. In theory, it would be adaptative, meaning passing somes "checkpoint wagon" would trigger keys changes, apparitions of leitmotif or instruments, etc... The track presented sum-up all thoses changes, that's why it's a bit long and repetitive.

Even though the music isn't retro, I imagined the game in a retro graphic style. On your way to the locomotive, you beat guards and collect weapons and food. Since the content of each wagon is randomized at the start of a game, "Escape the train" would be a kind of rogue-like I guess. You reach the locomotive after a defined number of wagon. A final boss is awaiting you there.

Thank you for listening and reading !